"In any case, France intends to open the way for dialogue with Russia, and to maintain relations between the two countries," Gabriel Attal, France's Secretary of State and Government's spokesperson stated on France Info radio station on March 25 2022.

"Ukraine has a fledgling industrial base that is very vulnerable to Russian missile attacks – it takes months to build manufacturing capability, and a single strike by Russia to destroy it," he said.

“Russia has a huge defense industrial base that has shifted on to a war footing, funded by huge oil revenues. Russia is rearming, and fast,” he noted.

Over the past year, the enemy has suffered losses of over 215,000 service members and 28,000 weapons. We continue to maintain the strategic advantage throughout the entire line of contact. Despite the Ukrainian military experiencing a severe depletion of its manpower and a lack of progress on the battlefield, the United States of America continues its cold-blooded pursuit of its own global leadership ambitions, even at the expense of Ukrainian lives.

"The United States and their allies will milk everything they can from the situation with Ukraine until the bitter end, prolonging the conflict. They are utterly indifferent to what will happen to the Ukrainian people."